Chapter 190 - 122: Future Troubles and the Direction of Spiritual Power Specialization

Chapter 190: Chapter 122: Future Troubles and the Direction of Spiritual Power Specialization

With every detail precise to several decimal places, he finally understood her intention.

"Master, are you asking me to be your test subject?"

Hathaway was visibly excited. "Don’t talk nonsense. I’m trying to save you. Your current Magic Spring has shifted. If we don’t dismantle it and start over, it might deviate again in every future battle. Rather than waiting for it to collapse on its own, it’s better to proactively tear it down and rebuild it."

Chen Shang fell silent for a moment. "How long will the reconstruction take?"

"If it goes well, two or three months. If not, half a year to a year... Since you are recovering from your injuries anyway, you might as well focus on reconstructing your Magic Spring."

Hathaway rolled up the blueprints and handed them to him. "Go consult the Spiritual Power Project team about your other issue. As for reconstructing your Magic Spring, go back and document your current structure completely. Come find me when you have time."

Chen Shang took the blueprints. Hathaway was already rummaging through her drawers for materials, muttering to herself, "Right, I think I have another optimization plan for the Flame Core Runes... Water Springs with a Vortex structure are quite common in the Water Elemental Plane. I need to check the parameters."

Chen Shang stood there waiting for a moment, but Hathaway was completely immersed in her own world and didn’t look up.

He sighed and walked out of the laboratory. At least there was a solution, which was a good thing. If it had to be rebuilt, then so be it!

A few days later.

Chen Shang arrived at the Spiritual Power Project laboratory. It wasn’t his first time here, but he was still awed by the construction of the Truth Continent’s Sky Layer.

After he swiped his card to enter the Spiritual Power Project research group, a receptionist quickly attended to him. Upon learning of his situation, the staff member led him straight to Yvette’s private office.

The office wasn’t large, crammed full of equipment and document racks. There was an indescribable smell in the air.

Yvette looked up from behind a pile of Crystal Plates, glanced at Chen Shang’s injuries, and smiled faintly.

"Chen, you’re finally here. The lab has been very short of materials lately. Let’s run some tests first."

Chen Shang really wanted to tell the Master that he wasn’t here to provide material, but to seek help. In the end, however, he lay down on the examination table without a word.

The test results came out quickly. Yvette looked down at the data, lost in thought. Lying on the table, Chen Shang turned his head to watch her expression, a bad feeling rising in his chest.

"Master, am I beyond saving?"

Yvette shook her head. "Of course not. I’m just considering which plan to choose."

Chen Shang breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he could be saved, it was fine. "Please tell me in detail."

"The first option: I directly expel the Black Wizard’s remaining Spiritual Power from your Sea of Consciousness. Your Sea of Consciousness will slowly recover, and the cracks on your Crystal Core will heal on their own. It will take about half a year to a year. During this time, you cannot engage in high-intensity battles or use heavy-load Witchcraft."

Chen Shang was overjoyed. "This one is good. I want this one. As long as I can recover."

Yvette didn’t respond immediately. She flipped through the data on the Crystal Plate with her head lowered, only speaking after a few seconds. "Of course not. Chen, you are the most perfect material I’ve seen in years. How could I waste you like this?"

Chen Shang shrank his neck. He knew things wouldn’t be that simple!

"Then what do you mean?"

Yvette put down the Crystal Plate and turned to look at him, her eyes several degrees brighter than before. "I want to shatter all of the Black Wizard’s Spiritual Power and dissolve it into your Sea of Consciousness. What do you think?"

Chen Shang froze for a moment. He didn’t think much of it at all.

He had done this for the Golden Crow before—shattering the Spiritual Power Fragments of the Cyan Bird Face and letting the Golden Crow absorb them to complete its evolution.

But the Golden Crow was a Dream Crow, and the Cyan Bird Face was also an avian creature; moreover, their Spiritual Power attributes were similar.

The Black Wizard was a Sub-human. Even though he looked very similar to Chen Shang, the biological gap between them was larger than that between humans and dogs.

Furthermore, Wizards couldn’t be calculated that way. Because Wizards underwent Spiritual Power Specialization, their Spiritual Power carried extremely strong personal styles.

That Black Wizard’s Spiritual Power was dominated by the Earth Element, carrying an aura of Curse and corruption. It completely clashed with Chen Shang’s Spiritual Power.

If he forcibly dissolved and absorbed it, he would suffer Spiritual Power pollution at best, and a collapse of his Sea of Consciousness at worst.

He had a great life ahead of him; there was no need to take risks in a place like this.

"Can I choose the first plan?" he asked cautiously.

"Of course you can," Yvette laughed, leaning back in her chair. "But you have to be able to afford the price of having a Fourth Level Wizard take action. Don’t worry, I won’t jack up the price for you."

Chen Shang smiled bitterly. Even without a price hike, he couldn’t afford it. The cost of a Fourth Level Wizard taking action once was enough for him to buy another Divine Sword. This Master had him completely figured out.

"Chen, there’s nothing to worry about." Yvette stood up from her chair, walked over to the examination table, and patted him on the shoulder. "I am a researcher in an official laboratory. I will do my best to ensure your safety. Even without the regulations of the Pan-Wizard Alliance, I couldn’t bear to let anything happen to a material like you."

Chen Shang didn’t say anything. He knew Yvette was telling the truth, but he also knew she wouldn’t give him a second option.

Yvette held up a finger and waved it in front of his face. "Besides, I want to add a little something extra for you. By the time the experiment is over, you can seamlessly advance to a Third Level Apprentice. Think of how much time that will save you!

"By the way, have you prepared the direction for your Spiritual Power Specialization?"

Chen Shang said helplessly, "Not yet. I want to cultivate Star Force Field Witchcraft, so I’m currently studying the Repulsive and Attractive Dual Force..."

"Wonderful, Chen! It seems you’re a little genius." Yvette grew even more excited. "I’d look down on ordinary Spiritual Power Specialization anyway. What step have you reached in your cultivation?"

Chen Shang honestly reported his progress. "I can already accomplish Dual Force Anchoring. I’m just missing Power Level Control and Repulsive and Attractive Transformation before I can try to construct the Repulsive-Attractive Dual Force Model."

Yvette clapped her hands. "Speed up your progress. Don’t worry about how much power the Power Level Control can leverage right now; that can be compensated for later. Just master it first. Go back, prepare well, and then come over for treatment."

Chen Shang was stunned. Was it decided just like that? Shouldn’t she ask for his opinion first?